Cherrelyn Horse Car

In April of 2016 I shared a postcard of the Cherrelyn Horse Car in Denver Colorado HERE.  The Cherrelyn line operated from 1893 until 1910!

Mailed Dec 4,1908 from Denver, Colorado to Turlock, California

Recently I found another image of the Cherrelyn Horse Car
 

Postcard never mailed

 

I certainly hope the people sitting on top were posing for the picture and didn't ride up there!

 

 

"Uniquely made for the hill leading up to Cherrelyn, the Horse Car was pulled up the hill by one of five horses assigned to the job (Quickstep, Frederick, Curley, Dobbin, and Old Dick). It would make several stops along the way for passengers and upon arrival at the top the horse was disconnected then backed up a ramp and placed onto the trolley. When the shoppers were ready to return home, they would climb aboard the trolley and the conductor would give them and the horse a push. Gravity did the rest as passengers were whisked back down the hill to Broadway and Hampden. It is said that the trip took 15 minutes to get to the top and only 3 minutes to return back to the bottom."

 

From the Cherrelyn Animal Hospital (you can read more about the history of the area by clicking on the link  http://www.cherrelynanimalcare.com/historical-cherrelyn )

 

 

Great History and a ton pictures of the Cherrelyn Horse Car: https://ceramembersblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/a-horsecar-named-cherrelyn/
 

I am sharing this postcard with Postcard Friendship Friday!

Note - all postcards shared on Postcard Friendship Friday are from my private collection

 

 

Postcard Post: Cherryelyn, Denver Colorado

OK, this card intrigued me when I first saw it.  I just couldn't pass it up... I wanted to know more about the car with a horse on it. Since it appeared that there was a Horse Car by the caption, it went right in the stack of must have postcards!

CHERRELYN Horse Car, Denver Colorado Postcard! Horse powered car one way and the return was gravity with the horse as a passenger on the car.

From the History of Colorado: to learn more click on the link!

The Cherrelyn Line built in 1883 operated until 1910. The fare was 5 cents, but increased to 10 cents at sometime during operation.  The horse was hitched to a car at Hampden and Broadway. Taking 15 minutes, it pulled the car up one-and-a-half miles of track on a steep Broadway hill to a small shopping community called Cherrelyn. Here the horse was unhitched and boarded the back of the car onto a platform. Gravity took the passengers and horse back to the route's starting point, the ride back was only three minutes. 

Mailed Dec 4,1908 from Denver, Colorado to Turlock, California

From the best that I can tell, the message is:

I will write letter Sunday and send you the money have not be feeling well so sorry have not written before it is very cold and lots of snow here. Albert 

If you are interested, there are more pictures of the Cherrelyn at the Digital Denver Library HERE!

I am sharing this postcard with Postcard Friendship Friday!

Note - all postcards shared on Postcard Friendship Friday are from my private collection